The Four Most Important Words Employees Need To Hear How to get your people to engage with you. by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions In a recent interview with the New York Times, Bill Marriott, chairman of the Marriott Hotel Group, shared this useful piece of advice. He explained that as a young officer […]
VIEW POSTWhat Do Effective Leaders Do? The one thing effective leaders do. Do you do this too? by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions When you ask people what do effective leaders do you will get a range of responses – set strategy, provide direction, develop people, motivate people, create alignment of activities, and so the […]
VIEW POSTTwo Questions To Attain and Maintain Focus Achieving and maintaining focus is a key skill in modern business. by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions In a time-poor environment in which more demands are being made of us it is more and more important that we focus on what we do. This is especially true […]
VIEW POSTDeveloping Emotional Agility & Overcoming Your “Inner Chatter” What to do when you become your own worst enemy, and how to overcome to win over yourself. by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions On average you speak sixteen thousand words, a day or nearly six million words a year. That is a lot. What we […]
VIEW POSTDeveloping Your PVP – Personal Value Proposition People “buy” you – so how do you differentiate yourself from others? What can you do to attract the people you want, and to be attractive to them? Four steps in this simple template help you do this. People don’t buy from companies, they buy from people. If […]
VIEW POSTSustainable Engagement Are your people really engaged in their work or not? What does current research tell us? What are the implications of the results? by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Falling levels of engagement are leading indicators that your business is likely to experience a fall in productivity, a decline in customer service, […]
VIEW POSTThe Four Components of Human Performance There are four key components that need to be in place for people to perform, and for organisations to prosper. What are they and what can we do to ensure they are in place? by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Performance is about people, and people can be […]
VIEW POSTWhen Leadership Fails – and Why! Leaders and potential leaders are often set-up to fail by their own companies. Where are companies going wrong, and what can we do about it? by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Let me paint you a picture. Your business has a new global initiative to identify and develop […]
VIEW POSTThe Chicken & The Pig An executive coach is not a silver bullet for your problems. But what do you need to do before you engage an executive coach, and to make sure you get the most out of your time with them? by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Coaching is a two-way process and […]
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